When we discovered that the soviets had detonated an atom bomb in 1949 we immediately branded them as evil spies when actually they were just fulfilling their greatest need for defense in the new age of technology. ... The Soviet Communism of the Cold War was unable to succeed not because of it's basic theory, but rather because of the extreme drain of having to devote so much of it's resources to defend it's newly formed theory of government (at least the modern version, not the ancient African tribal version). ... Many people are dying of terrible forms of cancer and other lif...

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New technologies initially meant for mass destruction filter down into the civilian world, making current lives easier. ... With the ending of world communism, reunification of Germany, and breakup of the Soviet Union, Tom Clancy's books evolved to present more modern enemies and even severalWhat if?? ... From his beginnings with Red Storm Rising and his latest novel Debt of Honor, Clancy has kept abreast of current events and technologies in order to bring to the reader an intriguing and realistic story. ...

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They fought with far more primitive weapons than the French who used modern powerful weapons supplied by the US. But since Vietminh were poor on the subject "technology" they made up with ferocity, anger, patriotism and tactics. ... In order to keep peace in South Vietnam in 1959 President Eisenhower sent to Vietnam economical aid and modern weapons and sent military advisors. ...

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The Kent State Massacre was said to be nationwide influential event, which was a result of new mass media technology that allowed people to view the war from home, with the biggest protest of students in American history, and it also affected the face of the Vietnam War. ... In the mid- '60s, thanks to the advancement of science and technology, the modern media such as televisions had broadcast news, images to every American family. ...

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The truth is that nuclear weapons are technically simpler than a modern automobile and the knowledge of how to make a crude weapon is widely available. ... Technology goes away when it is displaced by a better technology, not when man wills it to go away...

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Waltz argues that "despite the condition of anarchy, states will stop well short of hegemony if geography or technology or social organization favors the defense." ... Never in modern international history has the leading state been so dominant economically and militantly. ... America's constant grow in its strength relied largely on new technologies, especially the internet and telecommunications that produced a massive shift in the power of capital to generate unprecedented economic growth, mass consumption, and commercialism. ...

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